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O. 0. HAMMER. Torch.

Patented Sept. 14.1880.

UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

O. OTTO HAMMER, OF ALLEGHENY, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO DORA HAMMER, OF SAME PLACE.

TORCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 232,265, dated September 14, 1880.

Application filed August 7. 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, O. OTTO HAMMER, of Allegheny, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylval'iia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Torches; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

Myinvention relates to an improvement in torches; and it consists in suspending the lamp by a wire or bail, part of which is first loosely coiled around the staff on which the lamp is carried, then confined by a revolving plate on top of the staff, and finally secured by eyes on hooks at the side of the lamp, allowing the staff to be turned in all directions without upturning the lamp, as will be fully described hereinafter.

The accompanying drawings represent my invention.

Figure 1 is a front elevation; Fig. 2, a side view, and Fig. 3 details of construction.

A represents a lamp, similar in form to two cones of unequal height but equal united bases. The smaller of the cones constitutes the upper portion of the lamp, and is at its apex provided with a burner ot' the usual form. When the lamp is suspended and filled with oil the lower larger portion, by its predominating gravity, keeps the lesser one always uppermost and the burner in a vertical position.

.At the juncture of the two cones are hooks e, opposite to one another, at which the lamp is suspended. A wire, d, forming the bail which supports the lamp, is first loosely coiled around the staff 0, on which the lamp is to be carried, then its ends brought upward on opposite sides and bent toward each other when (No model.)

near the plate I), which plate is pivoted on the end of the staff by a screw, f, that passes through its center. The ends of the wire are passed upward through holes near the ends of the plate 0, with an abrupt bend toward each other, so as to form shoulders under the plate to prevent the coil from sliding upward. The distance between the coil and the shoulders in most cases need not be more than two or thrceinches. After passing through the plate I) the wire is bent outward and forward, as shown, provided with eyes at its ends, and hooked on the hooks a, at the side of the lamp. The length of the wire above the plate should be sufiioient to allow the lamp to swing freely back and forth without touching the plate. \Vhen thus suspended the lamp will, under all circumstances, remain with its burner up, and no change of position of the staif can atfect it, which is the object of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. A lamp-body for torches constructed in the form of two cones the bases of which are united, combined with a bail or wire thatis loosely coiled around a stafl, then passed through holes in a pivoted plate on the end of the staff and hooked on hooks on the sides of the lamp-body, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a lamp for torch-light processions, the bail d, coiled and bent at the bottom, as described, its ends passed through a plate, I), pivoted on the stafl" c, and adapted to be hooked at opposite sides on the lamp, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 21st day of June, 1880.

Witnesses: C. OTTO HAMMER.

ALFRED J. WHEELER, '1. F. LEHMANN. 

